diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3aa4bb8e..ead246c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ coverage
 /tests/test_filter_flags
 /tests/test_hardware
 /tests/test_index
+/tests/test_memlimit
 /tests/test_stream_flags
 /tests/test_vli
 /tests/xzgrep_test_1.xz